- Azadegan
The Azadegan oil field is an
Iran ian oil field.It is one of the
NIOC Recent Discoveries and one of the biggest oil fields that has been discovered in the world in the past thirty years. The field is located 80 km (50 miles) west ofAhvaz close to theIraq i border.The field holds 33.2 billion barrels of oil in place and 5.2 billion barrels of recoverable reserves. [shana.ir Monday,
November 12 ,2007 [http://www.shana.ir/newsprint.aspx?lang=en&newsid=118720 "Shana"] ]The first exploration well was drilled in the field in 1976, but its discovery was finalized after drilling the second well in 1999.
The field has an approximate area of 900 sq. km (about 350 sq mls) .
Sarvak, Kazhdomi, Godvan, and Fahilan are productive layers of the field. Crude oil produced by the Fahilan layer is light while the other layers yield heavy crude. [shana.ir Monday,
November 12 ,2007 [http://www.shana.ir/newsprint.aspx?lang=en&newsid=118720 "Shana"] ]ee also
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Yadavaran Field
*World Largest Gas Fields
*NIOC Recent Discoveries
*South Pars Gas Field
*Iran Natural Gas Reserves
*North Pars
*Golshan Gas Field
*Ferdowsi Gas Field
*Persian LNG References
Othere Sources
* [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EG18Ak05.html Atimes]
* [http://www.nioc.org/publications/iranpetroleum/6/pb-13820819155101.pdf NIOC]
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